Buddy Guy

Arguably one of the most acclaimed blues guitarists of the 20th century, as well as a living link to the Chicago blues scene's 1950s heyday, Buddy Guy's show-stopping talents provided him with a caree...
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Sam Smith was the toast of the 57th Annual Grammy Awards on Sunday (08Feb15), walking away with four of the six honors he was nominated for, including the coveted Record of the Year.
The British soul sensation kicked off his celebrations early after claiming the very first award of the televised show for Best New Artist. He soon followed it up with the Best Pop Vocal Album for In The Lonely Hour, and was back onstage towards the end of the Los Angeles ceremony to wrap up his big night with wins for Song of the Year and Record of the Year for Stay With Me.
Taking to the stage for the fourth time, Smith poked fun at the ex-boyfriend who inspired the album, saying, "This is the best night of my life. I wanna thank the man who this record is about... Thank you so much for breaking my heart because you got me four Grammys!"
Fellow six-time nominees Beyonce and Pharrell Williams each went home as triple winners, while Beck landed Best Rock Album and Album of the Year for Morning Phase - and almost had Kanye West repeat his infamous stage invasion at the 2009 MTV Video Music Awards, when he interrupted Taylor Swift to defend his pal Beyonce's honor. This time, the rapper approached Beck as he collected the Album of the Year accolade, which Beyonce was also nominated for, and pretended to head towards the mic, before laughing and returning to his seat in the front row - much to everyone's amusement.
AC/DC got the Grammy Awards off to a rocking start with a hits medley, while Madonna dazzled the Staples Center audience in a red and black matador costume to sing her new release Living For Love, and Rihanna, Kanye West and Sir Paul McCartney staged the first ever performance of their new collaboration, FourFiveSeconds.
Other performance highlights at the event, hosted by LL Cool J, came from Ed Sheeran and Electric Light Orchestra frontman Jeff Lynne; Katy Perry, who honored victims of domestic violence with a powerful rendition of By The Grace of God; Sam Smith and Mary J. Blige's soulful collaboration on Stay With Me, and Pharrell Williams, who gave his Happy tune a gospel makeover, complete with Hans Zimmer on guitar and Lang Lang on piano.
The full list of winners at the 2015 Grammy Awards is:
Record Of The Year - Stay With Me (Darkchild Version) by Sam Smith
Album Of The Year - Morning Phase by Beck
Song Of The Year - Stay With Me (Darkchild Version) by Sam Smith
Best New Artist - Sam Smith
Best Pop Solo Performance - Happy by Pharrell Williams
Best Pop Duo/Group Performance - Say Something by A Great Big World With Christina Aguilera
Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album - Cheek To Cheek by Tony Bennett &amp; Lady Gaga
Best Pop Vocal Album - In The Lonely Hour by Sam Smith
Best Dance Recording - Rather Be by Clean Bandit featuring Jess Glynne
Best Dance/Electronic Album - Syro by Aphex Twin
Best Contemporary Instrumental Album - Bass &amp; Mandolin by Chris Thile &amp; Edgar Meyer
Best Rock Performance - Lazaretto by Jack White
Best Metal Performance - The Last In Line by Tenacious D
Best Rock Song - Ain't It Fun by Paramore
Best Rock Album - Morning Phase by Beck
Best Alternative Music Album - St. Vincent by St. Vincent
Best R&amp;B Performance - Drunk In Love by Beyonce featuring Jay Z
Best Traditional R&amp;B Performance - Jesus Children by Robert Glasper Experiment featuring Lalah Hathaway &amp; Malcolm-Jamal Warner
Best R&amp;B Song - Drunk In Love by Beyonce featuring Jay Z
Best Urban Contemporary Album - Girl by Pharrell Williams
Best R&amp;B Album - Love, Marriage &amp; Divorce by Toni Braxton &amp; Babyface
Best Rap Performance - I by Kendrick Lamar
Best Rap/Sung Collaboration - The Monster by Eminem featuring Rihanna
Best Rap Song - I by Kendrick Lamar
Best Rap Album - The Marshall Mathers LP2 by Eminem
Best Country Solo Performance - Something In The Water by Carrie Underwood
Best Country Duo/Group Performance - Gentle On My Mind by The Band Perry
Best Country Song - I'm Not Gonna Miss You by Glen Campbell
Best Country Album - Platinum by Miranda Lambert
Best New Age Album - Winds Of Samsara by Ricky Kej &amp; Wouter Kellerman
Best Improvised Jazz Solo - Fingerprints by Chick Corea
Best Jazz Vocal Album - Beautiful Life by Dianne Reeves
Best Jazz Instrumental Album - Trilogy by Chick Corea Trio
Best Large Jazz Ensemble Album - Life In The Bubble by Gordon Goodwin's Big Phat Band
Best Latin Jazz Album - The Offense Of The Drum by Arturo O'Farrill &amp; The Afro Latin Jazz Orchestra
Best Gospel Performance/Song - No Greater Love by Smokie Norful
Best Contemporary Christian Music Performance/Song - Messengers by Lecrae featuring For King &amp; Country
Best Gospel Album - Help by Erica Campbell
Best Contemporary Christian Music Album - Run Wild. Live Free. Love Strong. by For King &amp; Country
Best Roots Gospel Album - Shine For All The People by Mike Farris
Best Latin Pop Album - Tangos by Rubén Blades
Best Latin Rock, Urban or Alternative Album - Multiviral by Calle 13
Best Regional Mexican Music Album (Including Tejano) - Mano A Mano - Tangos A La Manera De Vicente Fernandez by Vicente Fernandez
Best Tropical Latin Album - Mas + Corazon Profundo by Carlos Vives
Best American Roots Performance - A Feather's Not A Bird by Rosanne Cash
Best American Roots Song - A Feather's Not A Bird by Rosanne Cash
Best Americana Album - The River &amp; The Thread by Rosanne Cash
Best Bluegrass Album - The Earls Of Leicester by The Earls Of Leicester
Best Blues Album - Step Back by Johnny Winter
Best Folk Album - Remedy by Old Crow Medicine Show
Best Regional Roots Music Album - The Legacy by Jo-El Sonnier
Best Reggae Album - Fly Rasta by Ziggy Marley
Best World Music Album - Eve by Angelique Kidjo
Best Children's Album - I Am Malala: How One Girl Stood Up For Education And Changed The World (Malala Yousafzai) by Neela Vaswani
Best Spoken Word Album (Includes Poetry, Audio Books &amp; Storytelling) - Diary Of A Mad Diva by Joan Rivers
Best Comedy Album - Mandatory Fun by "Weird Al" Yankovic
Best Musical Theater Album - Beautiful: The Carole King Musical (Jessie Mueller, principal soloist; Jason Howland, Steve Sidwell &amp; Billy Jay Stein, producers; Carole King, composer &amp; lyricist; Original Broadway Cast)
Best Compilation Soundtrack For Visual Media - Frozen (Kristen Anderson-Lopez, Robert Lopez, Tom MacDougall &amp; Chris Montan, compilation producers)
Best Score Soundtrack For Visual Media - The Grand Budapest Hotel by Alexandre Desplat
Best Song Written For Visual Media - Let It Go by Kristen Anderson-Lopez &amp; Robert Lopez Best Instrumental Composition - The Book Thief by John Williams
Best Arrangement, Instrumental or A Cappella - Daft Punk (Ben Bram, Mitch Grassi, Scott Hoying, Avi Kaplan, Kirstin Maldonado &amp; Kevin Olusola, arrangers; Pentatonix)
Best Arrangement, Instruments and Vocals - New York Tendaberry by Billy Childs, arranger (Billy Childs Featuring Renée Fleming &amp; Yo-Yo Ma)
Best Recording Package - Lightning Bolt by Pearl Jam Best Boxed Or Special Limited Edition Package - The Rise &amp; Fall Of Paramount Records, Volume One (1917-27) by Susan Archie, Dean Blackwood &amp; Jack White, art directors (Various Artists)
Best Album Notes - Offering: Live At Temple University by Ashley Kahn, (John Coltrane)
Best Historical Album - The Garden Spot Programs, 1950 by Hank Williams
Best Engineered Album, Non-Classical - Morning Phase by Beck Producer Of The Year, Non-Classical - Max Martin
Best Remixed Recording, Non-Classical - All Of Me (Tiesto's Birthday Treatment Remix) (Tijs Michiel Verwest, remixer (John Legend)
Best Surround Sound Album - Beyoncé (Elliot Scheiner, surround mix engineer; Bob Ludwig, surround mastering engineer; Beyoncé Knowles, surround producer (Beyoncé)
Best Engineered Album, Classical - Vaughan Williams: Dona Nobis Pacem; Symphony No. 4; The Lark Ascending (Michael Bishop, engineer; Michael Bishop, mastering engineer (Robert Spano, Norman Mackenzie, Atlanta Symphony Orchestra &amp; Chorus)
Producer Of The Year, Classical - Judith Sherman
Best Orchestral Performance - Adams, John: City Noir by David Robertson, conductor (St. Louis Symphony)
Best Opera Recording - Charpentier: La Descente D'Orphee Aux Enfers by Paul O'Dette &amp; Stephen Stubbs, conductors; Aaron Sheehan; Renate Wolter-Seevers, producer (Boston Early Music Festival Chamber Ensemble; Boston Early Music Festival Vocal Ensemble)
Best Choral Performance - The Sacred Spirit Of Russia by Craig Hella Johnson, conductor (Conspirare)
Best Chamber Music/Small Ensemble Performance - In 27 Pieces - The Hilary Hahn Encores by Hilary Hahn &amp; Cory Smythe
Best Classical Instrumental Solo - Play by Jason Vieaux Best Classical Solo Vocal Album - Douce France by Anne Sofie Von Otter; Bengt Forsberg, accompanist (Carl Bagge, Margareta Bengston, Mats Bergström, Per Ekdahl, Bengan Janson, Olle Linder &amp; Antoine Tamestit)
Best Classical Compendium - Partch: Plectra &amp; Percussion Dances by Partch; John Schneider, producer
Best Contemporary Classical Composition - Adams, John Luther: Become Ocean by John Luther Adams, composer (Ludovic Morlot &amp; Seattle Symphony)
Best Music Video - Happy by Pharrell Williams
Best Music Film - 20 Feet From Stardom by Darlene Love, Merry Clayton, Lisa Fischer &amp; Judith Hill
Grammy Trustees Award - Richard Perry, George Wein, Barry Mann and Cynthia Weil President's Merit Award - Martin Bandier
Lifetime Achievement Award - George Harrison, Bee Gees, Buddy Guy, Louvin Brothers, Wayne Shorter, Pierre Boulez and Flaco Jimenez.

Blues legend Buddy Guy has been named the fifth recipient of the National Guitar Museum's Lifetime Achievement Award. The revered musician, who directly influenced guitar greats Jimi Hendrix, Eric Clapton and Stevie Ray Vaughan, among others, will join David 'Honeyboy' Edwards, Roger McGuinn, B.B. King and Vic Flick when he claims his prize later this year (15).
Announcing the news on Monday (05Jan15), National Guitar Museum executive director H.P. Newquist, said, "Buddy Guy is the most important link between blues guitar and rock and roll. The raw and aggressive style of playing he developed onstage and in studios. Only a handful of guitarists in history have had that kind of effect on guitar playing. We're honoured to recognise Buddy's contribution to the guitar with this award."

The Bee Gees, Latino accordionist Flaco Jimenez and late Beatle George Harrison will be among the music icons honoured with Grammy Special Merit awards next year (15). The three acts will join French composer Pierre Boulez, Buddy Guy, the Louvin Brothers and jazz great Wayne Shorter on the merit list as part of the pre-Grammy Awards festivities in February (14).
Meanwhile, producer Richard Perry, songwriting duo Barry Mann and Cynthia Weil and jazz promoter and producer George Wein will be honoured with Trustees Awards, and author, scientist and inventor Ray Kurzweil will pick up the 2015 Technical Grammy Award.
The trophies will be handed out during a special invitation-only ceremony which will be held during Grammy Week on 7 February (15), and a formal acknowledgement will be made during the 57th annual Grammy Awards telecast the following day.

Rolling Stones star Keith Richards has paid tribute to the band's late saxophonist Bobby Keys in a touching new magazine interview. Insisting the musician, who died on Tuesday (02Dec14), was "built for fun", the guitar great recalled working with Keys in the studio during a chat with Rolling Stone this week (ends05Dec14).
Richards remembers, "When we were making Exile on Main Street in France, we were there for several months, and I had a good old speedboat. In the afternoons, before we went down the basement to record, we'd sort of zoom around, creating mayhem from Monte Carlo to Cannes. Bobby also bought a huge motorcycle, which he used to roar around the hills and pick up a few girlfriends. He'd always come back with a different chick on the back. He was that kind of guy.
"He was the epitome of the rock & roll sax-playing man. He used to tell me about listening to Buddy Holly rehearse in his garage just down the road from his house. That's one of the reasons he wanted to get into music. That's pretty early rock & roll, so he was right in there at the very beginning. He was playing on the road by the time he was 15. He was a piece of history in himself, and had a deep knowledge of it.
"When we brought Bobby in, we were listening to the great soul bands of the 60s. We wanted to give the band a bigger sound and were influenced by all of the beautiful R&B records with the Memphis horns... so adding saxes seemed quite natural to us...
"When he cut Live With Me, his first record with us, I immediately thought of great players like Plas Johnson or Lee Allen, who played for Little Richard and Fats Domino. He had that same Southern feel on the way he played. I guess that's not too astounding, since he does come from Texas. He never let anybody forget he was from Texas."
He adds, "Bobby and I were on the road together for about two years before we found out that we were actually born within hours of each other. I think we had a passport check somewhere in Europe, so we started to read our passports to each other: '18th of December, 1943, get out of here!' We still never figured out who was older.
"We went on a lot of cruises together. It was nuts, you know. Bobby, in those days, was very large on the stimulants... and he always had an incredible list of drinks.
"Once in the Playboy mansion, we hung out until the bathroom went down. We were smoking and forgot where we were putting the ashes: 'Bobby, is it getting a bit smoky in here?' Suddenly, the drapes are smouldering. I'm going, 'Oh, Hugh Hefner's gonna love this!"
Richards concludes, "He was just a barrel of laughs to be around. I very rarely saw him down, and if I did, it was usually about a young lady who dumped him or something. And he soon got over that. He probably wouldn't want us to be too solemn right now. Basically when it's all said and done, I'm looking upon this now as a celebration of life rather than a memorial for his death. He'd like a big wake.
"It's a sad thing, but not totally unexpected. I've been speaking to him for the last couple of weeks and he was still laughing, but he was getting weak. I just wanted to cheer him up."
The Stones released a collective statement after hearing of Keys' passing. It read: "The Rolling Stones are devastated by the loss of their very dear friend and legendary saxophone player, Bobby Keys. Bobby made a unique musical contribution to the band since the 1960s. He will be greatly missed."

Rocker Dave Grohl's hit TV documentary series Sonic Highways will end with an interview staged between the Foo Fighters rocker and President Barack Obama. Grohl recorded the chat at the White House on what he claims was "a heavy day" for the U.S. leader, but he was thrilled when Obama agreed to extend their time together, and loosen up.
The Everlong singer, who first met Obama when he performed as part of a Paul McCartney tribute in 2010, tells Rolling Stone, "It was a heavy day for him. We were going back into Iraq. This was the last thing of his day... (but he) loosened his tie and got into it.
"I talked to him for a specific reason... I wanted to talk to Obama about America as a country where the opportunity to follow your dreams is real, from Buddy Guy and his guitar made from his screen porch to a kid from Springfield, Virginia, who winds up in the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame (Grohl) to a kid from Hawaii becoming the first African-American president."
Grohl also interviewed musicians like Dr. John, Billy Gibbons, Bonnie Raitt, Dolly Parton and Carrie Underwood for his new TV project, which serves as an educational overview of the musical history of U.S. cities like New York, Los Angeles, New Orleans and Seattle.

Heart, Buddy Guy, Gary Clark, Jr. and Joan Jett and the Blackhearts will join the Foo Fighters for their 20th anniversary Independence Day concert at Washington, D.C.'s RFK Stadium next year (04Jul15). All the support acts appear in Foo Fighters star Dave Grohl's TV documentary series Sonic Highways.

Have you ever been running late to class and then the stairs just decided to change on you? You probably went to Hogwarts then. Only fellow students of the very esteemed Hogwarts School of Withcraft and Wizardy can truly understand your plight.
1. When you're trying to eat dinner and there's a troll in the dungeon:
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2. When you're trying to catch the Hogwarts Express and you look like a total frosh:
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3. When you're running late for class and then the stairs just change on you:
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4. When you're just trying to learn in class and you'r sitting next to a disaster of a student:
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5. Or you're the one stuck sitting next to the class know-it-all:
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6. When you're forced to serve detention and it's in the Forbidden Forest with Malfoy:
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7. When you're just casually browsing the Marauder's Map with your buddy HP and see some weird stuff:
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8. When you find a diary at school and think "Awesome!" and it really, really is not:
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9. When you're excited to have class with Hagrid then have to deal with Malfoy:
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Ugh, Malfoy is the worst.
10. When they announce a school dance and you have to practice your dancing skills with your Head of House:
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And she makes you put your hand ON HER WAIST!
11. When you're trying to ask your Headmaster a question and he basically just answers you in riddles:
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12. When you're in Slythein and you won the House Cup fair and square but then Harry Potter shows up and suddenly Gryffindor wins:
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13. When you're just trying to kiss your BF/GF between classes but, ugh, Umbridge:
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14. When you're just trying to have a normal school year but Voldemort shows up after pretending to be your teacher:
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Or, really, he was attached to your teacher the whole time.
15. When you're just trying to enjoy the Triwizard Tournament but Voldemort:
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16. Seriously though, Voldemort do you do ANYTHING but ruin everyone's school year?
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17. When you just want to see your parents after a tough year and Voldemort decides to hug you:
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18. When you spend your whole time at Hogwarts thinking Snape is the bad guy but he's really the good guy:
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What #HogwartsProblems can you relate to? Tweet us your answers and be sure to include the hashtag!
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Carrie Underwood, Dierks Bentley and Kix Brooks have sent their condolences to fellow country singer Rachel Bradshaw after her husband, American football star Rob Bironas, was killed in a car crash on Saturday night (20Sep14). The former Tennessee Titans kicker lost control of his vehicle and slammed into a line of trees in Nashville, Tennessee before his car overturned.
He was admitted to Vanderbilt University Medical Center, where he was subsequently pronounced dead at the age of 36.
Police have not found any evidence to suggest alcohol or drugs were involved in the accident.
The news of Bironas' passing hit the country community hard and a slew of celebrity friends took to Twitter.com to pay tribute.
Upon learning of the news on Sunday morning (21Sep14), Underwood wrote, "Shocked and saddened this morning at the passing of Rob Bironas. Such a nice guy. Sending prayers and love to his family..." and Randy Houser posted, "Sad to hear of the passing of @RobBironas last night. Please pray for his wife and family."
Bentley shared a photo of himself with Bironas, who was actively involved in Nashville-based country music fundraisers and events, and in the accompanying caption, wrote, "i don't know anyone that didn't like rob bironas. lot of heavy hearts in nashville today. prayers for his family", while Brooks stated, "So sad - lost good buddy@RobBironas last night - heartbroken for dear friend @RachelTBradshaw - he was a great guy - and an amazing talent."
Charlie Daniels, Jerrod Niemann, John Rich, The Oak Ridge Boys and Rascal Flatts' Joe Don Rooney are also among the stars who have paid tribute to the tragic sportsman.
Bironas signed with the Tennessee Titans in 2005 and remained with the team for nine seasons, during which he became the fourth most accurate kicker in National Football League (NFL) history. He was released by the Titans in March (14) and had trained during the off-season with the Detroit Lions and the Tampa Bay Buccaneers.
Bironas wed Rachel Bradshaw, the daughter of Hall of Fame quarterback Terry Bradshaw, in June (14).

Let me do you a quick favor and introduce you to Dylan O’Brien (if you haven't met yet), A.K.A. the funniest, cutest guy to ever appear on MTV. Oh yeah, he’s also Thomas, the main character in the highly anticipated film The Maze Runner.
Let’s go way back in this introduction, before he was Stiles on Teen Wolf, or before he started running around mazes, back to when O’Brien was a cute, little nugget 14-year-old with a YouTube Channel.
You’ll love Dylan more once you’ve seen his “Dis Be My Channel” with the appropriate username 'moviekidd826':
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That is him in the baseball cap and sunglasses, also rocking out on the drums and stealing your former teenage heart.
If you didn’t know how YouTube worked, Dylan was there to teach you how to make a channel of your own:
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“Hey guys, moviekidd here!”
If you had no idea who he was then, you sure as hell noticed him when he first appeared on Teen Wolf in 2011 as Stiles Stilinski.
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Stiles is Scott McCall's sarcastic, quick-witted best friend on the show. But really, everyone (including them) knows that those two are brothers. He is pretty much the only reason the werewolf has made it this far on the show.
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But, that’s not the only thing Dylan has worked on that has made us laugh:
He was the super snarky, kind-of asshole genius in The Internship with Vince Vaughn and Owen Wilson:
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The First Time, with his now-girlfriend Britt Robertson:
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How cute is it that they met filming this movie and are still together?! We love him even more for it. You're a lucky gal Britt!
He was even on an episode of New Girl:
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And he totally ships Nick/Jess.
If Dylan wasn’t making waves as an actor, he could go into the business of creating reaction GIFs and make a fortune on the internet, since it already loves him so much:
Grossed out
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Embarassed
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Begging, while a little sad (Dylan is versatile)
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In love
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*Blows kisses right back*
Or, he could totally become a model:
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His Twitter account is a goldmine of funny snippets of his humor and personality:
I forgot my pillow
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Just to be clear, when I do a quote retweet, you guys read the quote first...right?
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Don't think popsugar has seen Maid in Manhattan. They should. Cuz it's adorable
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First little peek at the grievers brought to life #wesyoureagenius pic.twitter.com/7XHw0IHCr7
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I luh ya cuties I luh ya luh ya luh ya cuties
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We luh ya too Dylan.
He is also the kind of guy that will RT his friends and call them cute:
“@PoulterWill: Our leader and buddy - @dylanobrien !!! #TheMazeRunner pic.twitter.com/CUl6haT8GO” awww my friends are the cutest :)
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If that doesn’t just make you want to squeeze him, then I don’t know what will.
Talking about friends, he’s got the best relationship with Teen Wolf star, Tyler Posey:
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He’s so honest, you can’t help but love him:
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Best of all, he isn’t afraid to call himself weird:
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If you haven’t gotten enough of him yet, YouTube is full of videos highlighting his funniest moments (and believe me there, there are TONS to choose from).
Why not indulge yourself and watch this adorable, funny collection of best moments:
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Then go see him kick some greiver ass as Thomas in The Maze Runner next week:
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Sinead O'Connor has publicly acknowledged her first husband for coming to her aid following a recent medical and financial meltdown, and reviving her love for music. The exhausted singer returned home to Ireland after cancelling a series of U.S. dates last year (13), when the drugs she was taking to battle depression turned her into a wreck.
But her problems had only just began when promoters started suing her for pulling the plug on concerts.
She tells Billboard magazine, "Within the week it was being alleged that people I would have leapt in front of a bullet for had been financially f**king me over," and admits she feared "these motherf**kers were going to have my soul".
But, in among all the chaos, her ex-husband, producer John Reynolds, swooped in to save his former wife.
She adds, "John Reynolds saved my a**. "
He helped her battle her former aides and the financial mess and then introduced her to his favourite blues musicians, like Buddy Guy and Howlin' Wolf.
She says, "I got so into what they were saying, writing the facts of life and keeping things very simple and not sugarcoated."
Reynolds also helped his ex create songs for her acclaimed new album I'm Not Bossy, I'm the Boss.

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Arguably one of the most acclaimed blues guitarists of the 20th century, as well as a living link to the Chicago blues scene's 1950s heyday, Buddy Guy's show-stopping talents provided him with a career that spanned over five decades while influencing a generation of legendary rock guitarists, including Eric Clapton and Jonny Lang. He rose to fame in the 1950s with songs like "The First Time I Met the Blues" and "Stone Crazy," which were earmarked by his fiery string-bending and aching, intense vocals. Guy was also a notoriously powerful live performer who wowed crowds by playing his guitar behind his head and with his teeth and by employing feedback and distortion at least a decade before Hendrix and others would do the same with their own music. But like many veteran blues artists, Guy labored in obscurity for much of the 1970s and 1980s before a career revival in 1991, which saw him embracing pop and rock music with the same all-out sonic attack as his classic '50s sides. By the new millennium, Guy was unquestionably the most popular traditional blues player in the world, rivaled only by B.B. King - a status attained by his tireless devotion to playing his heart and soul before fans every night for nearly his entire life.